Epistemology /
Christopher Norris
- viii, 210 pages ; 22 cm
- Key concepts in philosophy .
- Key concepts in philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-206) and index
Staying for an answer: truth, knowledge and the Rumsfeld creed -- Realism, reference and possible worlds -- 'Fog over channel, continent isolated': epistemology in the 'two traditions' -- Response-dependence: what's in it for the realist? -- Making for truth: some problems with virture-based epistemology
Christopher Norris attempts to make epistemology, the theory of knowledge, accessible to students and those with little prior knowledge of the subject through a series of debates which aim to give an balanced overview